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minus-square@samus12345linkEnglish30•1 year agoIs it really pronounced “dub”? I’ve never heard it spoken.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink19•1 year agoI internally say massive win but I do hear youtubers call it massive double u
minus-square@samus12345linkEnglish29•edit-21 year agoIronic that pronouncing a single letter is more cumbersome than the full word.
minus-square@samus12345linkEnglish19•edit-21 year ago“Every single other letter is one syllable, can we just pronounce this one ‘wuh’”? “No, it must have THREE!”
minus-square@samus12345linkEnglish17•edit-21 year agoGermans: “Ridiculous! We will pronounce it like ‘vay’”. “Well, that’s a lot…” “…AND ‘Y’ WILL BE ‘OOPSILON’”! ಠ_ಠ
minus-square@samus12345linkEnglish1•1 year agoThey do, but it’s silly when the vast majority of letters are pronounced with one syllable.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-21 year agoI call it zed or zee both have one syllable ri8?
minus-square@prayerlink7•1 year agoYeah, unless it was a really important win, then you might say it out entirely to emphasize your utter dominance over them.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoHonestly don’t think it’s universal, but most of the time, yeah.
Is it really pronounced “dub”? I’ve never heard it spoken.
I internally say massive win but I do hear youtubers call it massive double u
Ironic that pronouncing a single letter is more cumbersome than the full word.
u v DOUBLE U x y z
“Every single other letter is one syllable, can we just pronounce this one ‘wuh’”?
“No, it must have THREE!”
English is indeed a funny language.
Germans: “Ridiculous! We will pronounce it like ‘vay’”.
“Well, that’s a lot…”
“…AND ‘Y’ WILL BE ‘OOPSILON’”!
ಠ_ಠ
TIL!
Lots of languages do upsilon, it comes from greek
They do, but it’s silly when the vast majority of letters are pronounced with one syllable.
Noooo, you forgot “and z” has two /s
I call it zed or zee both have one syllable ri8?
I always hear it as double u
Yeah, unless it was a really important win, then you might say it out entirely to emphasize your utter dominance over them.
Not exclusively, but sometimes.
Duh-b
Honestly don’t think it’s universal, but most of the time, yeah.